Hand (Bergisch Gladbach)

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Hand is a district of Bergisch Gladbach and belongs to No. 15 to the statistics district 1 of the city.

The name

The interpretation of the name is controversial. One interpretation says that the place should have been named after a "hand sign", that is, after a sign in the form of a hand, who stood on an old path to Paffrath (today's Dellbrücker Strasse), which at this point on the Trade route from Cologne to Wipperfürth (today's federal highway 506). According to another interpretation, “hand” was formed from the folk etymology of the word “Hardt” (= forest). However, there are no written sources for this thesis. Finally, there is a topographical approach, according to which the settlement of Hand on an area at the western end of an elongated ridge (course of the Handstrasse) resembles a palm at the end of an arm. In addition to the topographical correspondence, this most likely thesis is based on the name form “Auf der Hand”, which is often mentioned in the written sources and is still in use today.

history

The Hand district emerged from an early modern settlement that was first mentioned in 1594 as "Gut an der Handt". It is recorded in the original cadastre as "Dorf Hand". Until the 18th century the settlement grew to 14 houses and, two years after Bergisch Gladbach was elevated to the status of a town (1858), it was the largest town in the district with 192 inhabitants.

In the area of ​​the former Hermann-Löns-Kaserne , the location of the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense , a new residential area has been built since 2000 with the Hermann-Löns-Viertel . In four streets named after German Nobel Peace Prize winners , living space was created for around 1200 residents, mainly terraced and semi-detached houses, detached single-family houses and multi-family houses. The Hermann-Löns-Viertel also has an artificial turf pitch for sporting activities by various clubs from Bergisch Gladbach.

school and education

Hand has two primary schools due to the young population structure . The schools are in the center of Hand on St.-Konrad-Straße.

The municipal community elementary school Hand (GGS-Hand) uses several hand-sketched outstretched hands as a logo, which are colored and arranged in a circle around a center. The primary school has been a reliable primary school since the school year 1994/95 . The school children's house used for this was expanded as part of the open all-day school (OGS) to meet growing needs. There the children have the opportunity to eat cooked food on site. Homework supervision and an extensive range of leisure activities with educational support are also offered. The GGS-Hand support association provides play equipment and provides further support.

The old “Hander school house” of KGS built in 1920–1922
A wall painting next to the main entrance illustrates the motto - hand in hand - of the Catholic primary school

The Catholic Primary School (KGS) uses the motto “hand in hand”. The Catholic denominational school was inaugurated in 1922. As the oldest local school and one of the oldest schools in Bergisch Gladbach, the KGS can look back on a long school history that has been shaped by changes in the school systems . The first headmaster at the Catholic elementary school in hand was Wilhelm Broicher .

OGS of KGS in Bergisch Gladbach-Hand

In the 2006/2007 school year, a modern new KGS building was opened for all-day school operations by the school principal Monika Litzen and mayor Klaus Orth . However, this building is very controversial among the old hands, as it impairs the view of the historical structure.

The DRK is responsible for the open all-day elementary school ('OGS') of the KGS . The catholic elementary school Hand is the sixth elementary school in Bergisch Gladbach to offer afternoon care by the DRK.

Culture and sights

Amusement park Diepeschrather Mühle

The Diepeschrather Mühle is located in the Diepeschrath Forest and is on the Mutzbach . The original water wheel is no longer preserved and only turns occasionally. There is a large adventure playground near the mill . Another mill, the Paffrather Mühle am See, was integrated into a modern residential complex. The original character of the building was only partially preserved.

Sculpture “giant colored pencils” by Fritz Pietz

Sculpture “giant colored pencils” by the artist Fritz Pietz in front of the entrance to the OGS of KGS-Hand. The individual pens were painted by the pupils of the KGS-Hand of the school year 2006/2007 during the colored pencil project in June 2007.

Three skyscrapers on the Zuckerberg , also known as The Three Ice Saints , stand out clearly from the rest of the area.

Traditionally, the Great Hander Schützen- und Volksfest of the Sankt Sebastianus Schützenbruderschaft Hand 1911 takes place every summer . The king's and prince's bird shooting as well as the large supporting program with dance event, fair, antique and flea market and the final coronation ball attracts visitors from the neighboring Cologne and the surrounding area to the district every year.

Parishes

  • Evangelical chapel community Bergisch Gladbach Hand / Paffrath
    The chapel community , together with the Heilig-Geist-Kirche, belongs to parish 2 of the evangelical parish Bergisch Gladbach. The foundation stone of the church was laid on January 27, 1960, and it was consecrated on June 25, 1961.
  • The Catholic parish of St. Konrad
    The Catholic parish of St. Konrad is the oldest parish in hand. It belongs with the completed on April 6, 1952 Parish St. Konrad as the parishes of the Sacred Heart in Schildgen and St. Clement in Paffrath to Pfarrverband Bergisch Gladbach-West.
  • The Evangelical Free Church Congregation (Brethren Congregation) is the youngest congregation in Hand.

societies

population

According to the population register, Hand had a total of 8,675 inhabitants on June 30, 2017 (946 of them foreigners), making it one of the most populous districts in Bergisch Gladbach . With 1,709 inhabitants (102 of them foreigners), the age group under 18 years of age was slightly less represented than the age group over 65 years of age with 1,746 (of which 119 foreigners).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andree Schulte Bergisch Gladbach, City history in street names , Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 , p. 77ff.
  2. ↑ Helmuth Rosenbach "The old Paffrath" 1993
  3. ^ Homepage of the parish
  4. ^ Statistics - City of Bergisch Gladbach. Retrieved July 24, 2017 .

literature

  • Helmut Rosenbach: The old Paffrath, - Katterbach - Paffrath - Hand - , Bergisch Gladbach 1993
  • Helmut Rosenbach: Paffrath kaleidoscope with a view of Hand and Katterbach , Bergisch Gladbach 1998

Web links

Commons : Bergisch Gladbach-Hand  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 29 ″  N , 7 ° 5 ′ 53 ″  E